All summer long, at Saratoga Race Course, Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse talked about a young filly named Wonder Wheel whenever he could. If you listened to Casse’s Wonder Wheel spiel long enough as summer slowly turned to fall, you would swear this 2-year-old baby was about to becomeContinue Reading
Whether you like betting on favorites or longshots, the $2 million, Grade 1 NetJets Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies is the perfect race to play. As counterintuitive as it might seem, it’s a fact backed up by statistics. How can this be? It turns out North America’s championship race for 2-year-oldContinue Reading
Not to be outdone by the boys in the Pennsylvania Derby, the 3-year-old fillies will take to the Parx Racing dance floor on Saturday with their own Grade 1 race. The Cotillion Stakes is an important stop between the marquee summer meets and the Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff, which isContinue Reading
Fillies by Cairo Prince and Lope de Vega worked eighths in :9 4/5 to share honors for the fastest works at the distance at the fifth session of the Under Tack Show for Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s 2022 Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training. Hip No. 839, a gray orContinue Reading
Throughout the years, most top contenders in Kentucky Derby prep races have been colts or geldings. Although fillies are eligible for all Derby preps and can earn points toward securing a spot in the starting gate for the first jewel of the Triple Crown, not many of them take onContinue Reading
After watching Echo Zulu deliver one of the most dominating victories in Breeders’ Cup history, co-owner Lee Levinson searched for words to sum up the feeling. “I’m an attorney; I speak for a living and I can’t talk,” Levinson said. What Levinson just watched had plenty of long-time racing fansContinue Reading
The co-feature of “Future Stars Friday” on Breeders’ Cup weekend is the $2 million NetJets Juvenile Fillies. The country’s top 2-year-old fillies will travel 1 1/16 miles on the dirt main track at Del Mar for the right to be called a Breeders’ Cup champion. The Grade 1 race isContinue Reading